Checkhook



Sept. 30

W. N. VANCE CHECKHOOK Filed Oct. 14. 1920 Patented Sept. 30, 1924.

Unirse stares ATENT OFFICE.

WALTER N. VANCE, OF CHICAG HEXGHTS, LLLNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DURAND STEELLOCKER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORORATION OE' ILLINOIS.

CHECKHOOK.

Application led October 14, 1920. Serial No. 416,994.

T0 all whom z'z may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER N. VANGE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago Heights, in the county of Cook and State ofillinois, have invented a new and useful improvement in Check Hooks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to hooks for identification checks andthe like, and has more particular reference to articles of thatcharacter made of bendable material so shaped that the body portionsthereof may be sprung into a flanged holder regularly used for labelsand the like.

1t is a common practice in factories and shops to provide for eachemploy a quan tity of brass checks bearing a number assigned to him andto place one of-such checks in some manner upon any bin from which atool is issued to him. Various types of hooks have been used for thispurpose, most of them having threaded shanks or other difficult andinflexible means of attachment. lt is a principal object of my inventionto provide a simplified, ineXpensive and practical hook which may bepositioned in an ordinary label holder or removed therefrom at will,thereby furnishing a flexible arrangement for the purpose stated. l Y

A further object of the invention is the provision of a check hook ofthe general type described, which is made of bendable material and is sobent as to form a body portion having free ends, permitting` it to bereadily sprung into a holder having re taining flanges, which will thenoverlap parts of said body portion.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a check hook ofthis type, having a fiat body portion which may be placed within a labelholder, either in front of or behind the label.

A still further object of theinvention is the provision of a check hook,made of a single piece lof material, and having a strengthened prong,formed by bending the central portion of said piece of material overupon itself and then bending the resultant doubled part outwardly sothat the prong will extend upwardly at an angle from the bottom of abody portion.`

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it isbetter understood from the following description when considered inconnection with the ac companying drawings illustrating a preferredembodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a bin front, showing a label holderattached and the check hook in place;

Fig. Qis a top view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken online 3 3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. l is an elevation of a label holder; and

Fig. 5 is an elevation of a check hook typifying my invention.

On the drawings which l have chosen to illustrate an embodiment of myinvention, it will be noted, by reference to Fig. 5, that l provide abody portion 11 formed of wire or other bendable material, and a prongportion 19. formedin the same piece o f material by bending the centralportion thereof over upon itself and bending the resultant doubledportion outwardly so that it projects upwardly at an angle from thebottom 13 of said body portion. The ends 14k are free and, preferably,at a distance from each other. This permits bending them inwardly todecrease the width of the body portion so that it may be sprung into aholder 15 and have its parts 16 and 17 retained by bent-over flanges 18on said holder. When so positioned, it may be moved horizontally and itwill be obvious that a number of hooks may be placed in the same holder.

The body portion 11 is flat so that it may be seated well back in saidholder, thereby rendering it possible to apply a label over it. Ofcourse, it may be inserted over a previously applied label, and in thisway a very fiexible and convenient arrangement is provided. Y

An identification check or tag 19 may be hung upon the prong to indicatethe work man to vwhom an article has been issued, and will be removedwhen the article is returned. A number of such checks, of course, may behung upon the same hook or, as previously stated, a plurality of hooksmay be placed in the holder so that there will be a separate one foreach check, thereby causing the numerals on each to be readily apparent.

A particular advantage of a hook of this kind is that the ends 21 of theflanges on the holder may be closed to prevent easy removal either ofthe label or the hook, Without interfering With the positioning of thehook or its removal by springing the ends in the manner hereinbeforedescribed.

It is evident that the hook which have provided may be used for variouspurposes and for many types of articles other than checks, the foregoingillustration being used merely to show a convenient use. rlhe shape anddesign also may manifestly vary Widely While still embodyingtheprinciple of my invention.

It is thought that the invention and many of'its attendant advantagesWill be understood from the foregoing description, and it Will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts Without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention or sacriiicing'all of its material advantages, the formhereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

l. A check hook, comprising a resilient Wire body having spaced apartends bendable toward each other whereby the body may be sprung into aflanged holder ha'- ing closed ends and returned to normal shape tocause it to beheld therein, and a prong extending from said body portionand at an angle With respect to said holder.

2. A Wire hook for identification checks and the like, comprising aprong and a body portion of spring material having spaced apart endsbendable toward each other whereby said body may be snapped into aflanged holder.

3. A hook for identification checks and the like, comprising a wire sobent as to form a flat body portion having free resilient ends, saidWire being bent over upon itself near its central portion and thedoubled part then bent outwardly to form a prong extending upwardly fromthe bottom of said body portion.

et. A hook for identification checks and the like, made of Wire or otherbcndablc material, having a flat resilient body portion provided withspaced apart ends bendable toward each other to permit insertion of thebody in a flanged holder and a prongl extending at an angle from thebottom portion thereof.

5. A hook for identification checks and the like, comprising a flat bodyportion having free ends, adapted to be bent to permit placing' parts ofsaid body portion beneath the bent-over iianges of the holder, andhaving a prong formed in the same piece of material which comprises thebody so that it will project upwardly at an angle from said holder.

6. The combination of a label holder having marginal flanges, withclosed ends, and a check hook, comprising ay Wire body having spacedapart ends bendable toward each other to permit insertion of the bodybehind the flanges of said holder.

7. The combination of a label holder having marginal flanges closed atthe ends, and a check hook, comprising a wire body having spaced apartends bendable toward cach other to permit insertion of the body behindthe flanges of said holder, said body being' arrangeable through,behind, or in front of the label in the holder.

VALTER N. VANCE.

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